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Kathleen Hebert
put what she has learned into practice. "Even in a place with as much institutional power as HBS, you can have a real impact on people's experiences." As a Section president, Kathleen says, "It's the first time I've had to... View Details
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
organizations. Publisher's link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.5465/amj.2013.0903 December 2014 Journal of Applied Psychology Preparatory Power Posing Affects Nonverbal Presence and Job Interview Outcomes By: Cuddy, Amy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided platform" strategy, a firm starts as a vendor selling products or services to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
2018 Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics Firms in Firmament: Hydrocarbons and the Circulation of Power By: Abdelal, Rawi Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Releases
Engines of Innovation edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer (HBS Press) In past decades, industrial laboratories such as AT&T's Bell Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center were wellsprings of powerful new... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
analyses of competitive interaction to explore the uses and limits of game theory as a tool for students of business strategy. As a basis for research as well as a source of teaching materials, Ghemawat focuses on individual cases. He pairs each with a View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
northwestern us ClearCare serves the $60-billion private-pay homecare market in the US using a powerful SaaS technology that provides back-office efficiency and front-facing engagement of families and seniors. The sales process is... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty, highlighting the challenges of economic development in Africa and in other low-income countries. Provides a brief political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
how many customers are sold but by how many are served ” Doing so, he continued, requires business leaders to commit to operating within a set of principles that include honest, transparency, humility, and love. Peter Schein, who... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
some areas of strength and key insights from our Log9 site visit. Overall, all ventures should use this framework to ensure that they have found “Product-Market-Fit”; this is even more critical in resource-constrained developing countries like India. Context + View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
bought into that, too, until one day he had a transformational insight. “The conductor’s power depends on his ability to make other people powerful. I started paying attention to how I was enabling my musicians to be the best performers... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
Pricing the Right Price for You? Not every industry or company can benefit from performance-based pricing. But where there is a fit, PBP can be a powerful tool that merges the interests of buyers and sellers. How Our Brain Determines if... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
TripAdvisor demonstrates the reach and power of recommendation services for consumers: it has become the world’s largest travel site with 340 million unique monthly visitors and 350 million reviews online covering 6.5 million hotels,... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
unrealistic. It is in fact getting easier to integrate applications, but it's never going to be easy. There are two reasons for this: one technical; one organizational. Big companies have the power to convince or compel their partners to... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
needs. These reside deep within the organization, and therefore must be developed and leveraged through processes completely foreign to the vertical, control-based management approaches that proved all powerful in earlier times. This, in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
business operations where he didn’t have prior experience. His cross-functional role included standing up processes for the Cuidas customer success team, breaking down the customer journey with the product... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
since people preferred Amazon’s free two-day shipping. Occasionally, scammers would return cheaper, used boots in Ranch Road boxes for a full refund, and Ford was anxious that an unwitting customer would wind up with the wrong product and... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
cost rather than simply hand it out for free at food shelters. For many people accepting handouts is embarrassing, Rauch says. “They want to provide for their family in a dignified manner. Retail, because the customer holds the View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
Working PapersNone Available This Week Cases & Course MaterialsAssessing and Enhancing Individual Power in the Family Business System Harvard Business School Note 808-026 Describes how to asses and enhance an individual's bases,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
predictor of events, but the power and sometimes outrageous language used by Levitt changed the nature of debate on the issue, and created new perspectives for managers to consider as they approach world markets. Levitt's key insight... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors